UN Envoy: Efforts are ongoing to reach peace in Yemen

The UN Special Envoy to Yemen Esmail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on Sunday said that efforts are ongoing to reach peaceful solution in Yemen.

He also described his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as successful, but he gave no details.

UN sources anticipated that Ould Cheikh Ahmed will head to the Jordanian capital during the next days.

During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Ould Cheikh Ahmed met President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and other Yemeni officials in the framework of his seeking to reach an agreement on surrounding Hodeidah port to a third party.